One man is dead and another in serious condition after a motrocycle-pedestrain accident last night just east of Mineola.

According to the Mineola Fire Department, the accident occurred at 11:27 p.m. on HWY 80 just west of FM 1804. Authorities say 35-year-old Kevin Dale Worsham of Quitman left a party at a home off of HWY 80 and sat down in the middle of the road. Worsham was then struck by a 2007 Harley Davidson motorcycle driven by 62-year-old Herbert Wesley Owens of Alba, traveling wesbound on HWY 80. Worsham was pronounced dead at the scene by Wood County Precicnt 3 JP Clancy Holmes.

Owens was transported via helicopter to ETMC Tyler where he is in critical condition with a fractured skull today. DPS says Owens was not wearing a helmet at the time of the crash.

It is believed the man sitting on the highway was texting at the time of, or just before, the accident.